Faculty Directory | Julianna Pillemer

Julianna Pillemer is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at New York University Stern School of Business. Her research interests include workplace relationships, authenticity, and creative work. She currently teaches Leadership in Organizations and Advanced Research in Organizational Behavior, and was named a Poets and Quants Best Undergraduate Business Professor in 2025.

Professor Pillemer has published research in leading management journals, including Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Organization Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Research in Organizational Behavior, and practitioner-oriented pieces in Harvard Business Review and The Conversation. Her work has also been featured in media outlets such as Time, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, and Sloan Management Review. She serves on the editorial board of Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Professor Pillemer received a BA in Psychology from Pomona College, and a PhD in Management from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Stern, she was a researcher at Harvard Business School and The Center for Creative Leadership.